Sanfic Mórbido Lab Lineup Ranges From an LGBTQ Alien Monster Comedy to a Mapuche Parable, Extreme Horror and Cold War Sci-Fi

Nov 2, 2026 11:37am PT Sanfic Mórbido Lab Lineup Ranges From an LGBTQ Alien Monster Comedy to a Mapuche Parable, Extreme Horror and Cold War Sci-Fi

This year’s six-project selection, part of an expanded Sanfic Morbido Lab, also takes in urban realist folk horror and a mix of classic genre and daily life

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Simón and Raimundo Bucher’s “L4IK4,” Roberto’s San Sebastián’s “The Hostess” and Javier Attridge’s “Beneath the Flesh” weigh in as potential standouts at the 7th edition of the Sanfic Mórbido Lab, now a fixture on Latin America’s genre scene, part of Sanfic Industria, which runs Nov. 2-8 in Santiago de Chile.

In its totality, however, with five titles from Latin America and one from Spain, the 2026 Sanfic Mórbido Lab underscores the vitality and variety of the region’s genre, ranging from Cold War sci-fi (“L4IK4”) to extreme horror (“The Hostess”), Mapuche identity parable (“Beneath the Flesh), gay alien monster masculinity comedy (“Chupacu”), realist adult horror (“Spring Curse”) and a mix of folk horror and social observance (“Tonalli”).

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